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Jenna Rose Cipolla, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/4/2020

 
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Birthplace:  Princeton, NJ
Current City:  Princeton, NJ

Education: Eastman School of Music (BM Vocal Performance 2022)

Select Roles:  Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Role study 2020); Tamara, The Demon (Role study 2020); La Novizia, Suor Angelica (2019); Gherardino, Gianni Schicchi (2018)

Awards/Honors: NATS Central New York-Finger Lakes Division Finalist (2020), Classical Singer Semi-Finalist (2018)

David D'Ardenne, Baritone | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/4/2020

 
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Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Current City: Phoenixville, PA 
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Education: BFA Cinema and Television Arts, AB Vocal Performance

Select Roles: Virgil (Francesca di Rimini), Studied Dottore Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Second Guard (Die Zauberflöte), Father Lestant (A Bayou Legend)

Awards/Honors: Regional Finalist NATS 2020

Alexandra Kzeski, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/4/2020

 
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Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Current City: Ann Arbor, MI

Education: University of Michigan (B.M. in Vocal Performance 2021) 
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Select Roles: Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart); Adele, Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss); Mimì, La Bohème (Puccini); Olympia, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach); Musetta, La Bohème (Puccini)

Awards/Honors: 1st Place Enkor Competition (2020), Harold Haugh Light Opera Vocal Competition Semi-finalist(2019), 4th Place Hal Leonard Vocal Competition (2017), Larry and Suzanne Gould Scholarship Recipient (2017), Classical Singer Competition Semi-finalist(2016)

Emily Gaffney, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/4/2020

 
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Birthplace: Voorhees, New Jersey
Current City: Brooklyn, New York 
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Education: Boston University School of Music, Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance

Select Roles: Juliet in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet with Russian Opera Workshop, Donna Anna (role studied) in Don Giovanni with the Martina Arroyo Foundation, The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with Mark Oswald’s Opera Workshop and Manhattan Opera Studio, Noémie in Cendrillon and Gertrude in Hansel & Gretel with New York Lyric Opera Theater, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Susquehanna    

Awards/Honors:
Merit Based Scholarship to Boston University’s School of Music
Valued Voice Scholarship with Opera Susquehanna

Shannon Lally, Mezzo-Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/3/2020

 
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Birthplace: Haddonfield, NJ
Current City: Princeton, NJ

Education: B.M. Voice Performance, Minor in Piano Pedagogy, Westminster Choir College (2021); Young Artist Voice Program, Curtis Institute of Music (2016)

Select Roles: Juliet’s Nurse, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (scenes); Olga, Filipyevna, Larina, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin; Hänsel, Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel (scenes); Armelinde, Viardot’s Cendrillon; Dorabella, Mozart’s Così fan tutte (scenes); Madame Flora, Menotti’s The Medium (scenes); Miss Pinkerton, Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief

Awards/Honors: Gladys Hahn Putscher Scholarship, Westminster Choir College (2019); Presidential Scholarship, Westminster Choir College (2017-2021); Betty Albrecht Memorial Scholarship, Jersey Sound Chorus (2017); The Music of Germany and Austria, Second Prize, Great Composers International Competition (2017); The Music of Mediterranean Europe, Second Prize, Great Composers International Competition (2017); The Music of Northern Europe, Third Prize, Great Composers International Competition (2017); Maestro Award for Vocal Excellence, Boston Worldstrides Heritage Festival (2017)

Anja Tuominen, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/3/2020

 
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Birthplace: West Chester, PA
Current City: New York, NY

Education: New York University (Bachelor of Music 2022)

Select Roles: Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky); Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Third Spirit, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)

Awards/Honors: 3rd Place NATS Eastern Regional Competition (2018), National Young Arts Honorable Mention (2017)

Liza Monasebian, Mezzo-Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/3/2020

 
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Birthplace: New York, NY
Current City: Los Angeles, CA

Education: Undergraduate student at the University of Southern California

Select Roles: Juliet’s Nurse from Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (role study); Olga from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (role study); Meg in Act 1 Scene 2 from Falstaff; Mercedes in Act 3 Card Trio from Carmen, Miss Todd in “Opening Scene” from The Old Maid and the Thief; Fairy Chorus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Awards/Honors: The National Society of Arts and Letters Shirley Rabb Winston Scholarship in Classical Voice Competition; USC Thornton School of Music Scholarship

Janese Pentico, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/3/2020

 
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Birthplace: Provo, UT
Current City: Salem, WI 
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Education: North Park University (M.M. Vocal Performance) Southern Utah University (B.M. Music Education) 

Select Roles: Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Mozart); Cio-Cio San, Madama Butterfly (Puccini), Countess, Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart); Mimì, La bohème (Puccini) 

Awards/Honors: First prize, North Park University Performance Awards (2019), Outstanding Graduate in Music, Southern Utah University (2015), First Prize, NATS Las Vegas Chapter (2015)

Amelia Gil-Figueroa, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/3/2020

 
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Birthplace & Current City: Vienna, VA

Education: Peabody Conservatory (GPD, Voice - 2019; MM, Voice - 2018); George Mason University (BM, Vocal Performance, 2015)

Select Roles: Francesca, Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff); Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky); Badessa, Suor Angelica (Puccini); Giorgetta (u/s), Il Tabarro (Puccini); La Comtesse, Chérubin (Massenet); Donna Elvira (u/s), Don Giovanni (Mozart); Mutter (u/s), Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck)

Awards/Honors: Recipient, Peabody Conservatory George Woodhead Prize (2019); Recipient, Peabody Conservatory George Castelle Memorial Award in Voice (2018); Phi Beta Kappa; Honors Recognition, Virginia NATS (2014-15)

Melanie Culhane, Soprano | Russian Opera Workshop Artist 2020

6/3/2020

 
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Birthplace: Memphis, TN
Current City: Philadelphia, PA

Education: Temple University (M.M. Music - Vocal Performance Spring 2020), University of Mississippi (B.M. Music - Vocal Performance 2017)

Select Roles
: Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Scena) (Tchaikovsky), Francesca - cover, Francesca di Rimani (Rachmaninoff), Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), Adina, L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti), Magda - cover, La Rondine (Puccini), Melanto, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Monteverdi), Nella, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)

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Awards/Honors: 2nd Place at National Opera Association Annual Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition (2018), Summa Cum Laude at University of Mississippi (2017), Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Vocal Area at University of Mississippi (2016-2017), Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Opera Theatre at University of Mississippi (2015-2016), 3rd Place at NATS Southern Region Finalist (2016)
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